| Official Name: | Daboya |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Daboya in Savannah Region, Northern Ghana |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ghana |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Savannah Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Gonja District |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Timezone Dst: | GMT |
| Coordinates: | 9.5303°N -1.3822°W |
| Elevation M: | 103 |
Daboya is the capital of the North Gonja district, a district in the Savannah Region of north Ghana.[1] It was previously called Burugu by the Dagomba people.[2] It was important in the trade route the stretched from Yendi to Bouna. This made Daboya one of the most important towns in Dagbon as at then. Today Daboya is represented by the Daboya-Mankarigu constituency. It is considered a historical place in Ghana. There is an Army Special Operations Training School at Daboya.[3]
Daboya is inhabited by the Gonja, Tampulma, Dagomba, and Hanga.[4]
Daboya was an important salt trading settlement in the Kingdom of Dagbon.[5] [6] In the late 1600s, it was invaded and is now under Gonja control.[7] Its glorious days of salt production are now in the past, especially as large scale salt mining industries, such as Electrochem, are established at Ada.
Daboya has a robust and unique smock industry.[8]